Dawn of a New Era - Chapter 59

Chapter 59: Accident

Translator: Lordbluefire  Editor: Lordbluefire

Chen Shouyi only felt that his mind had blanked out. By the time he regained control over his consciousness, he had already been flicked out for several ten meters away.

He was astonished. This was the first time he had encountered such a phenomenon. His consciousness was unable to enter at all.

“I don’t believe this!”

He withstood the suppressive aura and dived in again.

The result turned out to be the same as before. This time around, he bounced back even further.

His consciousness was sent flying back for two consecutive times.

After that, his mind became a little groggy, and his thoughts started to become a little slow. It was as if there were countless information stuffed in his brain, making him feel very swollen. However, when he checked it in detail, there were no traces at all.

After realizing that his consciousness had become a little dried up, Chen Shouyi immediately gave up.

He retreated from the gray foggy space.

When he opened his eyes again, he felt a horrible headache. It was as if his brain was going to explode, and it felt very swollen.

Only after a very long time did he gradually regain his spirit.

“Tsss!” Holding onto this throbbing head, Chen Shouyi stood up.

After walking a few steps, he was slightly surprised and he stopped.

For some reason, he felt a strange feeling.

“Delusion?”

Chen Shouyi thought that his spirit hadn’t recovered yet and rubbed his face, trying to get his spirit back together.

When he opened his eyes again, he realized that things hadn’t changed.

He seemed to have developed a strange familiarity with the air in the surroundings.

It was as if…

He could control the air.

At this moment, that huge tree’s abnormal display suddenly flashed in his mind.

“That can’t be!”

A crazy thought appeared in his mind. He attempted to put out his hand, grabbing out softly. He sensed the air turning into several streams, passing through gently between his fingers. These air currents’ trajectories, as well as the changes that would take place at the next instant, instinctively flashed by in his mind.

With a single thought, a miracle happened very quickly.

A stream of air that was about to break free suddenly changed its direction, making a turn around his finger.

He seemed to be really able to control it!

He felt this stream of air current circulating around his finger.

Chen Shouyi stared with wide-open eyes. While feeling excited, he also felt a little surreal.

This was supernatural power?

But, how was this possible?

He had merely entered that mysterious big tree in his memory space and had been instantly flicked out. His consciousness had been in a state of chaos, and there weren’t any memories or recollections from it. He even doubted it for half a second.

Moreover, could supernatural powers be learned so easily?

It wasn’t as if he hadn’t let his consciousness enter the shell girl in the memory space before.

In fact, he had craved for her innate ability for a very long time.

It was a flying ability!

When he was young, he’d wake up smiling when he dreamed of possessing the ability to fly.

Toward the creatures on land, this was a dream.

However, he hadn’t gained anything.

This was the shell girl’s innate ability, and it couldn’t be learned through one’s body memories as one could for sword techniques.

…

Chen Shouyi suspected that this was because he had absorbed that mysterious matter that resembled a fruit’s core. Thinking about it, that might have been that big tree’s seed.

This would make sense!

He guessed that after he had absorbed that seed, other than having his body modified, he also possessed abilities that were similar to what the big tree possessed.

It might be because the amount was too little that his abilities were concealed, unable to be released. This time, the coincidence—although his mind had been completely blank—had resulted in him absorbing quite a lot of comprehension from the tree’s memories.

This was like a guide that led to his abilities being unleashed successfully.

Chen Shouyi was elated, and he immediately opened up his attributes panel.

Behind his innate ability column, other than Natural Recovery, there was a new addition.

Atmospheric Control (weak)

He instantly neglected the term “weak” after just a quick glance.

After all, this was a supernatural power. It was good enough for him to possess it. What more could he ask for?

This wasn’t his first time obtaining a supernatural power. Natural Recovery was also one, and it was far more powerful than the Atmospheric Control.

However, to Chen Shouyi, such a passive and low-profile ability couldn’t be compared against such a proactive ability that could be materialized.

What was the difference from not having it if he wasn’t able to act cool and could only secretly feel glad for possessing it?

…

He was overjoyed and immediately started experimenting excitedly.

The wind was erratic and hard to fathom. They would change their trajectories with the slightest interference.

However, after Chen Shouyi obtained the Atmospheric Control ability, it was as if he had gained some kind of instincts.

He could clearly know the trajectories of these air currents, as well as what changes were going to take place. After some practice, he could already control the wind at an elementary level.

After half an hour, he could already form a small slanted vortex on his palm that was about half a feet tall.

…

It seemed like…

It didn’t have much of a use!

After this period of experimenting, Chen Shouyi realized that his ability was quite weak.

He could only control the wind about one meter around him. This was also the distance he was able to sense. The greatest prowess would only be to blow a hair on his body to make it bend with the wind.

He might be able to let his hair flutter a bit while he walked, making him appear cooler.

Of course, he might not even be able to call upon this bit of breeze if he was on Earth.

At this moment, the shell girl shouted.

“Giant, come over. Very big, very big. I can’t move it.”

A ripple ran through Chen Shouyi’s mind, and the air currents quickly broke down. He didn’t pay it any heed and immediately looked toward her.

The shell girl seemed to be shifting something heavy with all of her might, bending over and staggering. Her face was also flush red.

What did she find?

Out of curiosity, he quickly walked over.

It was only upon getting closer did he realize that the shell girl had found an oval-shaped natural gold piece that was slightly bigger than a pigeon’s egg. Its purity was very high, and he could already see the shiny golden glow before the sand on the surface was wiped off.

Chen Shouyi quickly picked it up for her and assessed its weight. It seemed to be close to half a jin. Of course, this was the weight here. It’d probably be about 100 grams on Earth. He threw a glance at the shell girl whose face was flushed.

What a great strength!

This piece of gold was about the same size as her body. To think that she was able to move it despite her small size.

“Gemstone! Gemstone! Gemstone!” Seeing that Chen Shouyi only focused on assessing the gold and hadn’t given her any reward, the shell girl flew in front of him and shouted.

By right, he should pay her one small gemstone based on its weight. However, Chen Shouyi felt elated when he saw this piece of natural gold and dug out a large glass marble, stuffing it into her arms.

The shell girl hugged it tightly with her eyes wide open, feeling a little dizzy from the overwhelming joy. Her body shook a little in the air, and even Chen Shouyi felt a little worried for her, wondering if she’d fall down from the air.

Chen Shouyi had always been strict with the big glass marbles and wouldn’t give them away easily.

He had only given the shell girl one big glass marble from the box he had purchased previously. In addition to this one, it was only two so far.

…

The shell girl had her own way of assessing a gemstone’s value.

Firstly, she’d assess how beautiful they looked. The more beautiful they were, the more precious. Compared to the small gemstones’ monochrome colors, the bigger gemstones were a lot more beautiful. They were colorful, as if a colorful flower was frozen within them. They looked quite amazing.

Secondly, she’d assess their size. One big gemstone could be compared with ten smaller ones.

There was no doubt.

He could imagine how pleasantly surprised the shell girl was feeling now.

Thereafter, she didn’t care about Chen Shouyi anymore and hugged the big glass marble tightly. She then flew unsteadily toward the grass plains, as if she was drunk.

Suddenly, she plunged vertically.

Before Chen Shouyi could gasp, she flew up again with much effort, secretly throwing glances at him occasionally.

Chen Shouyi quickly understood.

He turned his gaze away, and after a few seconds, he realized that the shell girl had disappeared into the grass.

He couldn’t help but find it funny. The shell girl had clearly gone off to hide her treasure again.